A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Fangale’ounga in Tonga. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -174.4075 West, latitude -19.3363 South, depth = 91.911 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 91.911 km (57 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/06/25 / 2025-06-18 19:20:37 / June 18, 2025 @ 7:20 pm. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:20:37 / 7:20 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ql2z. Id of event: us6000ql2z.
Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Neiafu, Pangai.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 46 km N of Fangale’ounga, Tonga.
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